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The usual here. Turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, etc.

Is that near the fountain store?

I also thought the whole chain had closed. So many others have...

"Yes!" on both counts!

At a flea market? Yardsale?

Agree with Dana and Jim on Ringo. He was an excellent drummer as far as rock goes, and perfect for the Beatles' requirements. I used to call him the Dave Tough of rock.

Well, I like both Fountains of Wayne and Sloan, though I suppose both could be considered kind of retro. But in a good way, I think. I've also gotten into Yo La Tengo in recent months. Excellent group, with a sort of friendly bohemian/indie vibe.

Ya gotta love this group.

She was the best. Also the writer/illustrator of "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel," and "Katy and the Big Snow," both of which, like "The Little House," won the Caldecott Medal. My favorite is her 1962 "Life Story," subtitled "The Story of Life on Our Earth from its Beginning Up to Now," in which the saga of our planet is presented as a sort of play, with each amazing illustration depicted within a proscenium arch. It took her eight years, she claimed, to research this amazing book, which I am very happy to see is still in print. Yes, I used to read it regularly to my kids as a bedtime story. In fact, all her books were in heavy rotation in my house.

Keep getting better!!

I've been staying away from it.

That's a nice one, Bill. A few days ago got Little Richard: The Georgia Peach. Little Richard is one of the many first-wave 50's rock'n'rollers of whom I had plenty of stuff on vinyl but nothing as yet in digital form. There's a guy I talk to once in a while at the library who's a big fan of 50's rock artists...I mentioned Little Richard to him once and he said, "I love him! He sang like his head was about to explode!" Can't get that phrase out of my (unexplosive) mind. Anyway, this single disc has on it everything that I already had on LP and about four more songs besides. Nice.

Yes! The first name that came to my mind when I saw this thread. He must be up there. Don't think so - Sonny probably made more albums as a leader or co-leader than most anyone else (possible exception Blakey) but comparatively little as a sideman. And it's sideman appearances that put a musician on top. MG So in the category of most albums as leader or co-leader, Stitt is right up there. Pretty good in my book. (And sneaky of Lee Konitz to just stay alive like that.)

Yes! The first name that came to my mind when I saw this thread. He must be up there.

No, that's either 1) Short for "more than one Barbara" 2) Sharp hook-like things meant to catch in your clothes or scratch your skin 3) Sarcastic, sometimes mean, verbal rejoinders or interjections, usually of a put-down nature.

Yes indeed. Actually, I remember most kids being into the Cosby comedy albums in elementary school and junior high (late 60's and early-to-mid 70's for me.) I also liked him on the "I Spy" show, and even remember his short-lived "Bill Cosby Show" in which he played a gym teacher. Now that family sit-com he had in 80's I didn't really care for. For me that's when he started sucking. That and the pudding-pop commercials.

This version sounds a little speeded-up to my ears. Still good though.

Last night I watched three more episodes of The Wire, finishing at about 2:00 AM. Now I feel really tired.

I've got enough Django already to last me 'til his Bicentennial.

I hope they find out exactly what's wrong and cure it right away Tom. Longstanding coughs are torture. Best wishes!!

And Skylark, don't forget Skylark. As I understand it, the films TCM was running simply had songs with lyrics by Mercer, that's all. He would get to together with a composer working for the movie studio and they would real off a few songs for the movie in question.

I always called them either inner hub spines or hub-holder teeth. Getting banged around in the mail isn't good for them, that's for sure.

The Hollies pay tribute to Holly. Hmmm....

Bill Perkins, Just Friends/Tenors Head-On, two-fer So far it sounds good.

Sad news... RIP